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As was mentioned in the discussion forum, he felt he had to atone for his sins and justify the deaths of all those he'd killed before. Technically I suppose their deaths could have been justified in a peace treaty, but in theory they are justified more so in the death of their assailant and having his name sullied.

But as it was also mentioned Zero Requiem was as much for Lelouch's satisfaction as it was for the world's. I believe that he could have achieved a much more solid basis for peace with less bloodshed, but I personally think that ZR was more in Lelouch's interest than the interest of the world. Though I think he may well have had himself fooled into thinking he was doing it for more everyone else.

I personally believe that Lelouch could have found a better way to achieve his goals without the zero requiem. Although I still don't understand why he would let Suzaku kill him. Couldnt Jeremiah have done the same?

He definitely could have achieved a more peaceful world through other means. Zero Requiem was just the easiest and most personally satisfying option for him.

He had Suzaku fill the role for a lot of reasons. One, he was his first and only true friend. Aside from Suzaku was the most important person in the world to him, second only to Nunnally. Jeremiah was just a cohort.

It was also a reward. Suzaku had long wanted Lelouch dead. Lelouch gave him the satisfaction of killing the one who took Euphie's life.

But most importantly it was a punishment for Suzaku, and a reward for Lelouch as well, that he had the pleasure of passing off his guise to the one who'd caused him so much trouble and blindly fought for Britannia.

Zero Requiem was just the easiest and most personally satisfying option for him.
i can buy the "personally satisfying" part
but i cant buy the easy part
making peace like a normal person would have been much easier

If Lelouch had signed the treaty to release Japan....people originally from Britannia and Japanese will engage in a never ending war since it was Britannia's first intention to get rid of the Japanese. Lelouch, through Zero Requim, tried to create peace among everyone. Of course, it almost failed when Euphiemia died.

He made Suzaku, Zero to give people hope and a saviour. But it was also a way to punish Suzaku for trying to kill himself by blindy fight for Britannia. He died to release him of the role of Zero and to satisfy Suzaku's urge to kill him.